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Encouraging Bedard to have surgery - or do whatever it takes to fix the shoulder - is not just the smart thing to do if looking to sign Bedard as a high-upside, short-term starter for 2010-2011. It's also the prudent thing to do to maximize his value for the future; and it also sends a message to Bedard and other players that the M's care about their players' health.
It's the only and obvious stance IMO. Prior regimes may have questioned Bedard's toughness; Z is smarter and wiser than that.